RENOWN'S VOYAGE

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18899, 14 January 1927, Page 9

RENOWN'S VOYAGE

ROYALTIES INSPECT VESSEL

MESSAGE FROM MR BRUCE

(BI CABLE—yRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTKIGHT.) i.VD K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) ('Received January 13th, ".SO p.m.) (On Board the Ronown.) Wednesday, Midnight. With the Canaries woll astern, life aboard the Renown dropped quickly into the usual channels of a long voyage. All the deck sports were organ* ised before Teneriffe faded from view. The Duke and Duchess of York and their suite attended a cinema show in the evening, and during a temporary breakdown of the machine listened to the audience singing chanties, and after that the Duke, who has a machine of hia own, helped the operators to discover the defects.

To-day their Royal Highnesses made a thorough tour of the engine, boiler, and furnace rooms, exploring every part. It is characteristic of the new oil-fired Navy that the Duchess did not require to don overalls, the Renown's engine-room Btaff boasting that it was unnecessary to wear anything over the ordinary clothes, everything being spotless as it was. The Duke and Duchess received a cable from Mr Bruce conveying Australia's best wishes for an enjoyable cruise, and promising a warm welcome in Australia. The Duke of York suitably replied.